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Speech of Amb. Amr Aljowaily, Director of CIDO, and accompanying photo on the occasion of the “Advancing the AU Theme of the Year through a Child-Rights Lens”, inline with the 35th Anniversary of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC).

HE Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, of Tunisia,
Ladies and Gentlemen Members of the Government,
Excellencies, Former Women Heads of State,
Distinguished Women Leaders,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Excellencies, Distinguished Colleagues and Partners,

I bring you warm greetings and sincere appreciation for your commitment to the Women, Peace and Security agenda.

• HONOURABLE MINISTER DR ERGOGIE TESFAYE, MINISTER OF WOMEN AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA,
• YOUR EXCELLENCY CLAVER GATETE, UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA,
• DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES FROM MEMBER STATES,
• ESTEEMED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE,
• COLLEAGUES, PARTNERS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

Esteemed Delegates,
Dear Pan-Africanists,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I bring you warm greetings from H.E. Mahmoud Ali, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. It is a pleasure and an honour to join you for this first Africa Continental Foresight Consultation for Resilient Agrifood Systems.

 Your Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda Who is being represented today by the Vice President, H.E. Major (Rtd) Jessica Alupo.
 Honorable Francis Mwebesa, Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives from the Republic of Uganda;
 All Cabinet and State Ministers here Present;
 Your Excellency Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on Africa;
 Dr. Majoro Grace Kabayo, Secretary General for Pan-African Women Organization (PAWO);